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July 16, 2017 SPORT SundaySunday 1616 JulyJul 2017 PAGE | 21 PAGE | 22 PAGE | 23 Hamilton Villarreal loan Federer faces storms to Qatar’s Afif to Cilic for 8th record-tying polee Kas Eupen Wimbledon title Muguruza is Wimbledon champ LondonLondon tension-filled set points in ReRReutersutu ere s GARBINE MUGURUZA the 10th game, the first of I’ll be back, PATH TO WIMBLEDON TITLE which saw the Spaniard arbineaarbinne Mugu-Muuguu- emerge with a clenched ruzarruza clinchedclinncchhed a 1st1 st rd:rd Beat Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS) 6-2, 6-4 fist from an epic 19-shot maidenmaiddene Wim-Wimm- 2nd rd:rdr BeatYanina Wickmayer (BEL) 6-2, 6-4 rally. vows Venus blbledonededoon ttitleitllee It was then her turn to 3rd3rd rd:rdd Beat Sorana Cirstea (ROM) 6-2, 6-2 yesterdayyey stere day withwwiitth go on the offensive. She London Ga stunningstunningg 7-5,7-5- , 6-06-0 demo-ddeemmoo- 4th4th rd:rdd Beat Angelique Kerber (GER x1) 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 crafted her third break AFP litionlition ofof VenusVennuus Williams,WWillliiammss, Quarter-final:Quartet Beat Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS x7) 6-3, 6-4 point of the set when whosewhose dreamsdreamss ofof a fairytalefaaiirytaale Semi-final:Semi- Beat Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) 6-1, 6-1 Venus netted a forehand enus Williams vowed to make victory at thethe ageaggee ofof 377 wereweere Final:Final: BeatVenus Williams (USA x10) 7-5, 6-0 and took her chance when amends for her Wimbledon final blownblown apartapart in a devastat-devasttaat-t the American sent a sec- Vheartache by ending a bittersweet iningg sesecondeccond sset.et. ond forehand long after year on a high at the US Open. AfterAAfter somesoome tenseteennse earlyearly “Two years ago I lost in the another lengthy exchange. Williams failed in her bid to become exchanges,exchanngeg s, thethe SpaniardSpap niniaard cutcut loose,loose, final to Serena and she told me She took the first set when the oldest Grand Slam champion in the winningwwinning ninenine straightstrraaigght gamesgames to one day I was going to maybe win Venus netted a backhand and Open era as the American star was crushed claimcllaaim a secondssecond grandgraandn slamslam titletitle to and hey, two years after here I then put her foot to the floor with 7-5, 6-0 by Garbine Muguruza in yester- addaaddd to lastlast year’syear’s FrenchFrencn h Open.OpO en. am,” she said in a courtside astonishing brutality. day’s title match. TheThe 23-year-old233-yeae r-old fellfeell toto floorfloor interview. She broke on three straight Instead of celebrating her sixth Wim- inin celebrationcelelebrrationn afterafterer clinchingclinncchhinng vic-vic- When asked if she had a mes- occasions in the second set as bledon title, and first major trophy since torytot ry inin an hourhour andand 17 sage for her coach Sam Sumyk, Venus seemed to hit a mental and 2008, the 37-year-old trudged off Centre mminutes.inutes. It wawass heherr who is absent as his wife is physical wall. Court looking her age for virtually the first secondsecond WWimbledonimbledon expecting a baby, she held the tro- When the five-times winner time in her unexpected 2017 renaissance. final,final, havinghaving lostlost phy aloft and said: “Here it is.” could barely get her racket to a Venus, beaten by sister Serena in the to Venus’sVenus’s sis-sis- In the first women’s final vicious forehand, it gave the Australian Open final in January, has terter SerenaSerena onon played under the Centre Court Spaniard three match points, but reached the two Grand Slams finals in the thethe samesame roof, a high-quality first set grad- in keeping with a messy second same year for the first time since 2003. sstagetage in ually built towards a captivating set, she needed two Hawk-eye Given her battle with the autoimmune 2015.2015. conclusion. It included several challenges to put the beleaguered disease that leaves her fatigued and once tests of nerve for the battling American out of her misery. threatened to end her career, Venus’s Spaniard, who showed an almost As the scoreboard showed the return to prominence is a tribute to her iron will not to give an inch even ball had bounced out at 40-30, ferocious will to win. as Venus upped the aggression she dropped her racket and fell With Serena set to miss the rest of the levels with ferocious intent. to the ground, before covering her year as she prepares to have her first child, Muguruza saved three break face in an emotional Venus will still be among the favourites to points, which included two celebration. win her eighth Grand Slam title when the US Open gets underway in late August. “I’m in good form. I’ve been in a posi- tion a lot of times this year to contend for big titles,” Venus said. “That’s the kind of position I want to keep putting myself in. It’s just about get- ting over the line. I believe I can do that. “This is where you want to be. I like to win. I don’t want to just get to a final. It’s just about playing a little better. “I’ve had a great two weeks. I’m look- ing forward to the rest of the summer.” Twenty years after making her Wim- bledon debut, Venus isn’t keen to bow out on such a frustrating low note. Spain’s Garbine Muguruza poses for photographs with the trophy as she Asked if she would return next year, celebrates winning the 2017 Wimbledon final against Venus Williams of the US she said: “Presumably, yes. at The All England Lawn Tennis Club in Wimbledon, southwest London yesterday. “It took a lot of effort to get right here Muguruza won 7-5, 6-0. RIGHT: Muguruza is congratulated by Venus Williams. today. So this is where I want to be every single major. Qatari cagers all set to take on Atlas Challenge in China The Peninsula with the likes Europe, China and USA,” Malki said. he Qatar national bas- Discussing the draw, Malki TEAM QATAR FOR ATLAS ketball team will take said, “It is a terrible draw but BASKETBALL CHALLENGE T part in the third Atlas it’s not important. We are not Basketball Challenge to be concentrating on that rather Ahmad Al Darwish, Nasser Al Rayes, held in Suzhou in the suburbs it’s a chance for our capped Mohammed Youssuf, Mohamed Er- of Shanghai, China following players to develop collec- fan Saeed, Mansour Elhadary, Ab- an invitation by the Chinese tively, find rhythm and dulraham Al Muftah, Mohamed Ab- Basketball Association. cohesion that will ultimately delazziz, Abdullah Matalkeh, The tournament will be lead to a winning formula Mohammed Hassan Mohammed, held from July 18 to 23. before the FWC2019 Abdulrahman Abdelhaleem, Abdul- The 14-member Qatari qualifiers”. rahman Saad, Sammy Monroe, team was named on Thurs- National Head Coach Omar Salem, Raslan Al Abdulla, day night after four weeks of Qusay Khalaf is pleased with Qusay Hatem Khalaf (Head coach), intense training. his team’s selection and con- Qatar Basketball Federa- curs with Malki saying “We Yasser Abdelwahab (Assistant tion (QBF) General Secretary have chosen the best players coach) and Khalid Sulaiman (Team Ali Malki said: “Our team is based on performance. The Qatari player Abdulrahman Saad dribbles manager). much younger than usual Atlas challenge is a good step- during a match in this file photo. therefore it’s important to ping stone and warm up for expose our players to global the FIBA Asia Cup in Lebanon meets. Though this tourna- next month and the WC qual- Australia, China and Europe opportunity all my life. It was alongside Belarus, Ukraine ment does not affect rankings, ifiers in November”. and hopefully the boys can my dream to represent Qatar and Iran. it does provide a platform for “Although the competition bring home much experi- but I couldn’t do it before The Atlas Challenge sees international competition and is in its infancy it provides a ence,” Khalaf said. because I was committed to eight teams competing over six I’ve been waiting for this at the completion of the tour- high level of playing stand- Rising star - forward my studies and college bas- days at the Suzhou Sports Cen- opportunity all my life. It was nament we can assess our ards. My team is very youthful Nasser Rayes who recently ketball in the US,” Rayes said. tre and the Dushu Lake Arena. my dream to represent Qatar, level”. but they have great spirit and arrived from the US, feels Qatar has drawn in group Qatar will meet Lithuania says Nasser Al Rayes “We thank the Chinese I like that in them. They will overwhelmed at the opportu- B of the challenge along with in their first match which will Basketball Association for be exposed to prime basket- nity of playing for his Australia, Lithuania and USA. be played on Tuesday, fol- their invitation and we are ball athletes from the best in country. While FIBA World Cup 2019 lowed by USA (July 19) and excited about participating the world including USA, “I’ve been waiting for this host China is in group A Australia (July 20). SPORT SUNDAY 16 JULY 2017 21 Hamilton storms to record-tying pole Silverstone BRITISH GRAND PRIX GRID Reuters 1st row Lewis Hamilton (GBR/Mercedes) ewis Hamilton took Kimi Raikkonen (FIN/Ferrari) pole position for his 2nd row home British Grand Sebastian Vettel (GER/Ferrari) Prix for the third year Max Verstappen (NED/Red Bull) in a row yesterday with 3rd row La sensational lap that left him Nico Hulkenberg (GER/Renault) one step away from Michael Sergio Perez (MEX/Force India) Schumacher's Formula One 4th row record.
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